Handwriting is kept to a high profile throughout the school. This is achieved through regular, valued handwriting sessions. Children are taught handwriting in class, group and individually. It is to be stressed that handwriting will be actively demonstrated by the teacher. In addition to modelling and practise through writing in lessons, the children will have short, regular handwriting sessions. In Reception, the children will begin learning to form their letters using the Little Wandle handwriting scheme. From Year 1, the handwriting scheme we use is the Nelson handwriting. Joined up writing will begin in Year 2, or when it is assessed that the children are consistently forming letters correctly.